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A ten-second clip - captured on a body camera - was posted on the saboteur group's Facebook page yesterday and has been viewed more than 25,000 times.

It shows a black Audi estate with a trailer attached driving up behind a group of anti-hunt protesters as they walk along a narrow country road with no footpaths.

The driver does not sound his horn before appearing to ram into the legs of two masked men in the middle of the road, knocking them back.

The driver is seen towing a trailer after a meeting of the Severn Vale Beagles on Saturday

Devon County Hunt Saboteurs claim the driver deliberately collided with two of their members

They stand their ground and one points a camera at the driver but he puts his foot down and forces them aside.

Stunned witnesses shout and swear at the man as he speeds off. A second clip shows the collision head-on, with the camera shaking on impact.

One of the alleged victims, who asked to remain anonymous, later said: 'When he drove his car into me a second time and accelerated I feared for my life because I thought I would end up under the wheels.'

A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police, which is investigating the incident which happened on the border, said: 'We have received an allegation of a person being driven at by an Audi in Simonsbath, Minehead, on Saturday, November 25.

'Police have spoken to the reporting person and will be having a follow-up appointment with them in relation to this incident. Police will be making enquiries into this matter.'

Both men escaped with bruises but one said he feared he would be pulled under the wheels

Stunned witnesses shout and swear at the man as he speeds off following the incident

A spokesman for Devon County Hunt Saboteurs said: 'Every single week these hunts flout the law and because the law is simply not enforced they get away with it. When we intervene they let out their frustration by attacking us.

'Over the last year our members have been punched, kicked, grabbed by the throat, hit with riding crops, ridden into and driven at. This weekend was no exception.

'Two of our group were driven into twice and with clear intent by the man believed to be the huntsman of the Severn Vale Beagles, while he was towing their trailer.

'It takes a truly sadistic person to sit in a large estate car and repeatedly drive into people on a public road.

'Hunts are emboldened by getting away with violence, largely due to police inaction. Nevertheless, this incident has been reported to the police and we look forward to a prosecution this time.'

A spokesman for the Severn Vale Beagles said: 'The hunt involved will take any allegations made against it very seriously and in the event of any further action there will be a full internal investigation.'